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Beefsteak or cherry?

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Posted by cholan2100 none (My Page) on
Wed, Jul 2, 14 at 10:54

I got beefsteak variety seeds from a online reseller. The seeds are professionally packed and properly labeled(packed in correctly named bag) from producer:
http://www.gardenguru.in/heirloom-variety/411-tomato-costiera-sel-sorrento-beefsteak.html

Now that the plants are up, now I am doubting if I somehow mistakenly got cherry seeds. Tomatoes are growing slowly for last 10~15days. First tomato started ripening at small size. The clusters are having 10~30 fruits per cluster(which is lovely), but do beefsteak fruit that much per cluster considering how heavy it would end up.

Or am I facing some watering/deficiency issue causing small fruits?

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RE: Beefsteak or cherry?

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I'd agree they aren't beefsteaks and it sure ins't Sorrento. But it also could have been just that one mis-packaged seed rather than the whole packet. Stray seeds in packets happen.

If you grew out several of them and they are all the same then you need to contact the seller.

That particular vendor isn't a source for any of us as it is located in Bangalore, India. So their reputation is an unknown. If they are unwilling to address the issue consider it a lesson learned and find a different supplier.

Dave

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All plants turned out to produce same plums. We don't use much of cherrys around here in India, salad isn't our regular food habit.

Time to give away a lot of cherrys!

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